Holiday Makeuppppp!

Christmas Eve I had to work. But it was only a 5.5 hour shift so that was ok.  I was going to do red and green, but my allergies were acting up and I just couldn't deal with that PLUS red on my eyes, I looked like a zombie.  So I went with teal and green and silver and go SO many compliments :)

I liked it well enough, I still wish I could have done red and green! haha

And for Christmas day I wasn't doing much, just going home and going to my Aunt's house for an impromptu visit...so I stayed in the neutral zone and did hella liner :)

 

It's A Green Christmas in this Town!

I love that Barenaked Ladie's xmas song :) 

Happy Holidays to you all!

 

Products Used

(all MAC unless otherwise specified)

UDPP

Bare Study

Silver Fog (wet)

3-D Silver Glitter

Lime (pro)

Wondergrass

DivineNight

Humid

Ulta black eyeliner

Rimmel Glam'Eyes Lash Flirt Mascara

*homemade tinted moisturizer*

Rimmel blush (color unknown)

Glissade MSF

Ladybug lipstick

Reflects very pink glitter & clear gloss

I wish I knew how to break the spell...

Firstly, I'm apologizing for not keeping up with this as I should.  Lots of things are on my plate, and blogging falls to the end of that list of "things I really should do".  However, being that I have 10 minutes to myself (though really, 3...I should be asleep right now since I have to get up at 8am)...I thought I'd throw a couple of recent pictures on here.  All of these are within the past week :)  ENJOY!

This was my 2nd contest entry for Tsunimee's SLEEK palette contest.  I'm totally jonesing for one of those palettes since they're only available in the UK...LOL!

If I recall correctly: Bare Study, Gold Mode(wet), Reflects Antiqued Gold, Dark Edge, Moth Brown, Crystal Avalance, Tempting, Liner/Mascara, and the lips were a cocktail of Lustering lipstick (hot pink) and an orange gloss

 

 

This was my look I wore to see MIMI IMFURST in Ogunquit.  It was SO much fun and full of christmasy camp!

Again, if I recall correctly: Rollickin' Paint Pot, Mutiny (wet), Pompous Blue, carbon, liner/mascara, and the lips -- um, a golden pink?  LOL

 

This was my first entry to Tsunimee's christmas contest.

Flammable Paint, red side of Mi'Lady duo, Goldmine, Humid, Carbon, liner/mascara, lips were Queen's Sin lipstick and Red Romp lipgloss :)

Secondly, I wish you all a Happy Holiday of your choosing  since I know not everyone celebrates Christmas :)  May your days be merry and bright and may all your Holidays be white (or warm, whichever you choose!)

xoxo

Buttered Toast (for JosefScarlette!)

The name is a joke...but this is probably going to be my go-to look from now on when I need something quick and easy!  and if you know me, this is SUPER tame for my makeup liking, but it's grown on me -- I even wore it to Thanksgiving!  Enjoy!

Products Used (all MAC unless otherwise noted):

Bare Study paint pot

Solar White e/s

Harmony Blush (crease)

Next to Nothing e/s

Teddy eye kohl

CoverGirl LashBlast mascara

Glissade MSF

Garden Lustreglass

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with any company used in this look.  I purchased all products myself over the course of the past 4 years.

The Twilight Princess

Nope, not Stephanie Meyers Twilight...try, Zelda :)

Inspiration:

More photos and a video can be found here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dmBBuYQdSI

Products used:

(all MAC unless otherwise noted)

Studio Fix Fluid

Light Translucent N.Y.C. powder

Rubenesque Paint Pot

Blacktrack Fluidline

Carbon e/s

Coppering e/s

Red part of the Mi'Lady duo

Off The Radar p/m

Goin' Bananas e/s

Nylon e/s

Black N.Y.C. eye pencil (lipliner)

Film Noir l/s

Fun N Sexy l/g with Lily White p/m tapped over it

What's in your Traincase?

This is by no means a "LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE AREN'T I AWESOME AND SPECIAL" kind of thing.  A few people have expressed genuine interest in what I have...so if you don't like this, then go away :)

I didn't get pix of my bags with foundation or eyelashes and stuff in it because it's put away in an inconvenient drawer (I don't wear foundation everyday...)

Other than that, here we go:

I don't have amazing camera resources (nor the patience) to take EXCELLENT quality pictures like some bloggers may, it makes me more real (LOL...read: lazy) but whatever.  Sorry that a couple are upside down, I forgot to flip them ;)

Anyways, there you go...if you have questions about what anything is, what a color is...what-have-you...just leave a comment :)

*Disclaimer: I have purchased EVERYTHING shown in these photos with my own money over the past 4 years and am no way affiliated with any makeup company shown in the products*

BATTLE: Oil-Free Eye Makeup Remover

vs.


Ok guys, this is a battle of the eye makeup removers...in text form...if I have enough Neutrogena left, I will try to remember to do a photo comparing them in one swipe the next time I wear makeup :)


I have FAITHFULLY used the Neutrogena oil-free makeup remover in the blue bottle for the past 2 years (at least, if not more). It's my holy grail for taking off my eye makeup (and honestly, sometimes the rest of my face *gasp*) at the end of the day. It doesn't miss anything and it doesn't leave an uber oil-slick face which is a BIG plus in my mind. I don't even like the feeling of a damp face after you get out of the shower (just to compare...LOL) I also loved that the Neutrogena was a staple for my theatrical makeup class in college. It was strong enough to take off even the cakeiest (is that even a word?) of makeup! So it really stood up to the challenge I have of something that will work both for every day and for my theatrical life. I go for multi-taskers if you haven't noticed.

Alas, moving home to Maine has left me with an almost empty pocket for anything that would be considered an extra. Yes, that means makeup AND remover. And honestly, I really can't afford spend the $6 or $7 on the Neutrogena. Sad as that sounds.

So off to Wal-Mart I trekked tonight to find something that will work just as well for cheaper. I wasn't expecting miracles. My sister had let me borrow her Equate eye makeup remover this past weekend...and it SUCKED! I got it too close to my eyes and I couldn't open them for almost 5 minutes it burned so bad (so as a side tangent: for future reference...do NOT get this one

because it sucks hardcore!)


OBVIOUSLY that meant to me to stay away from Equate removers, but looking at the choices, EVERYTHING that I knew worked how I wanted it to was out of my price range. I was hoping to walk away spending like, $4 at most. Which I wasn't gonna find anywhere. LOL! I kind of knew that though.

But then I found the Equate in the bottle that looks JUST like the Neutrogena one (conveniently located right next to it!) and saw that it was $4 and change. SCORE. (upon reflection, it was probably closer to the $5 side of things) But as I said, I didn't have high hopesfor it because of the last experience....UNTIL JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO!

I absolutely will equate this to the Neutrogena (pun intended?) and can honestly say that in an everyday situation it's just as good! It took almost an entire eye look off in one swipe (and if you have seen my photos, you know I don't use a ton of light colors...LOL)...I had on eyebrow pencil, fluidline, mascara, paintpots, UDPP, you name it and it came off like it was butter melting in a pan. Well, ok, not such a great comparison...but you know what I mean. It doesn't burn if you get it near your eye AND it didn't leave my face all greazzzzzy!!!

So I'm saying this was $5 well spent and I would absolutely recommend this to you all to try if you're looking for cheaper alternatives even to the drugstore name brands :)


Youtube Comparison!


*Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Neutrogena OR Equate and purchased each product independently of each other*

MIA!

Sorry guys! I didn't forget about the blog (not that I think a ton of people see it anyways! hehehe) but I got so caught up with moving after the last post and getting settled back in Maine that a lot of things took a hiatus...especially blogs and youtube (haven't put up a makeup video since I've been back I don't think...eep!)

So I'm just updating to tell you that I've got some past looks to post, and that I am still alive! I need some ideas for the blog so if you have any put them in the comments!!!

xoxo

Youtuber Inspired #3 - Pinkiecharm

FINALLY!

I've been waiting for a look to come out like I wanted for this one. She's my internet BFF and I luff her (and her floofy kitteh!)

She's one-of-a-kind being that (as far as I know) she was the first beauty guru to exclusively do reviews. They're always honest with no sugarcoatings to be found. And guess what, YES, she does wear what she reviews...LOL!

I suggest if you want to know the scoop on your favorite beauty products you get thee to her channel! ASAP.

http://www.youtube.com/user/pinkiecharm

(All MAC unless otherwise noted)

Rubenesque paintpot

Your Ladyship p/m (wet)

Moth Brown

Sweet Sienna p/m

Lumiere Cosmetics Cocoa

Dazzlelight e/s

Macroviolet fluidline

Stila MultiEffect Mascara (this look had to have stila somewhere...you know it!)

Dark Edge e/s (brows)

Love, Henri l/s

Stila Vanilla lipglaze

Project Runway: A mini-rant

This is completely on par with my blog. I told you I was gonna say what I wanted, right?

WELL WHAT THE FUCK PROJECT RUNWAY?!

I'm sorry, I actually like the opinions that Michael Kors and Nina Garcia give bu...oh, wait, I'm sorry, what? Oh, they've only been in like, 2 episodes since the beginning of the season? Oh, ok.

NOT!

I miss having them there. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Lifetime didn't completely change the show, I love that it's still the same people/music/look/what have you. I don't even mind that this season it's in LA instead of NYC (though I do like it being in the city more....but whatever)...but COME ON.

Nina's scathing comments are the BEST and Michael's scarcasm can't be beat. Please bring them back!

How about you guys who watch? Do you care? Do you agree? Do you disagree?